Good till cancelled

[egglesdtp]

Can someone please explain GTC? I am thinking of setting up a basic store, and know that I get 200 free listings per month. But I can't find any info on what GTC actually means. Does it apply to a basic store?

[curraone]

When you list your item, you can select a listing duration of 1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 days for auction-style and 3, 5, 7 or 10 days for fixed price (Buy It Now) listings. If you're an eBay Store owner using the fixed price format, you can also choose a 30-day or Good 'Til Cancelled listing duration. Items listed in eBay Motors Vehicle categories can also have a listing duration of 30 days for fixed price listings.

[egglesdtp]

So applying GTC to a fixed price listing in a store means it rolls over from month to month until sold or withdrawn/cancelled? Does this affect the number of free listings the following month if it doesn't sell in the month it is listed? i.e. if still running does it come of your total?

[curraone]

yes, it will cost you each time - so it will come out of your 200 - or if you have used all your 200, it will cost the listing fee

[egglesdtp]

So to keep listing fees to a minimum, using GTC is not recommended? Just use a 30 day listing?

So is the main advantage of using GTC not having to make new listings each month?

[thecatspjs]

Some of the advantages of GTC include that you don't lose your sales history if you are selling more than one of a product. 

This is very important for some sellers, for a range of reasons including that it demonstrates to buyers a "track record" in selling that type of item and/or desirability of their product as others have purchased it.

With GTC you also don't lose your watchers, as you do when listings of other duration ends. 

[egglesdtp]

Since nearly all my items are 'one-offs' I guess then that GTC would not be any great advantage to me.

Thanks to both of you for clarifying GTC for me.

[curraone]

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@egglesdtp wrote:

So to keep listing fees to a minimum, using GTC is not recommended? Just use a 30 day listing?

So is the main advantage of using GTC not having to make new listings each month?

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it makes no difference to your fees whether you use GTC or re-list them manually.   If you have run out of your free 200 listings, you will start to pay listing fees for them.

If you use the 30 day listing option and they run out of time without selling, you can easily re-list them in bulk, you don't have to do them individually.     Using this option you can also choose your own scheduling - starting time - say start on Tuesday at 8am and space out each by 5 minutes.

I think it all depends how close an eye you want to keep on your items and how many you have.